2019 Indian Super Cup

The 2019 Super Cup was the second edition of the Super Cup and 40th season of the main club knockout football competition in India. The competition is sponsored by Hero MotoCorp and is officially known as the Hero Super Cup. The competition began with the qualifiers on 15 March 2019[1] at Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneshwar and was concluded with the final on 13 April 2019. Bengaluru FC were the defending champions, but lost to Chennai City F.C. in the quarter-finals. FC Goa won the title by defeating Chennaiyin FC 2–1 in the final.

2019 Super Cup
Hero Super Cup
Kalinga Stadium hosted the final on 13 April 2019
CountryIndia
DatesMarch 15 – April 13
Championship venueKalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar
Teams20
ChampionsGoa (1st title)
Runners-upChennaiyin
Matches played12
Goals scored45 (3.75 per match)
Attendance5,920 (493 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Coro (5 goals)
Best playerNot Awarded
← 2018
2023 →

Teams

A total of 16 teams are participating in the competition proper.[2] The top six teams from both the I-League and Indian Super League qualified for the Super Cup automatically while the bottom four sides have participated in the qualifiers.

Qualification round
(8 teams)[note 1]		 Main competition
(12 teams)[note 2]
I-League
Indian Super League
I-League
Indian Super League

Round dates
Phase Round Match dates
Qualification round 15–16 March 2019
Main tournament Round of 16 29 March – 3 April 2019
Quarter-finals 4–7 April 2019
Semi-finals 9–10 April 2019
Final 13 April 2019

Bracket
 
Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
              
 
31 March
 
 
Mohun Bagan
 
4 April
 
Bengaluruw/o
 
Bengaluru1
 
31 March
 
Chennai City2
 
Pune City2
 
9 April
 
Chennai City4
 
Chennai City0
 
30 March
 
Goa3
 
Indian Arrows0
 
6 April
 
Goa3
 
Goa4
 
2 April
 
Jamshedpur3
 
Jamshedpurw/o
 
13 April
 
Churchill Brothers
 
Goa2
 
29 March
 
Chennaiyin1
 
Chennaiyin2
 
7 April
 
Mumbai City0
 
Chennaiyin2
 
3 April
 
NorthEast United1
 
NEROCA
 
10 April
 
NorthEast Unitedw/o
 
Chennaiyin2
 
30 March
 
ATK0
 
Delhi Dynamosw/o
 
5 April
 
East Bengal
 
Delhi Dynamos3
 
1 April
 
ATK4
 
ATK3
 
 
Real Kashmir1
 

Qualification round

After the conclusion of the I-League and Indian Super League seasons, the All India Football Federation announced the draw for the qualification round of the Super Cup. Before the qualification round, seven I-League clubs — Minerva Punjab, East Bengal, Mohun Bagan, NEROCA, Gokulam Kerala, Aizawl, and Chennai City — announced they would withdraw from Super Cup, citing "unfair treatment to I-League clubs."[3]

Pune CitywalkoverMinerva Punjab
Kerala Blasters0–2Indian Arrows
Report
  • Kiyam 39', 77'
Attendance: 250
Referee: Crystal John
Delhi DynamoswalkoverGokulam Kerala
Report
ChennaiyinwalkoverAizawl
Report

Round of 16

Chennai City F.C. had announced they would withdraw from the tournament along with other I-League clubs but eventually decided to participate.[3]

Chennaiyin2–0Mumbai City
 Report
Attendance: 300
Referee: Ajit Meetei
Indian Arrows0–3Goa
Report
Attendance: 350
Referee: Rahul Kumar Gupta
Delhi DynamoswalkoverEast Bengal
Report
Mohun BaganwalkoverBengaluru
Report
Pune City2–4Chennai City
 Report
Attendance: 350
Referee: Tejas Nagvenkar
ATK3–1Real Kashmir
 Report
Attendance: 270
Referee: Santosh Kumar
JamshedpurwalkoverChurchill Brothers
Report
NEROCAwalkoverNorthEast United
Report

Quarter-finals
Bengaluru1–2Chennai City
Chhetri 65' Report Gordillo 15'
Manzi 55'
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Ajit Meetei
Delhi Dynamos3–4ATK
 Report
Attendance: 450
Referee: Venkatesh R
Goa4–3Jamshedpur
 Report
Attendance: 200
Referee: Rahul Kumar Gupta
Chennaiyin2–1NorthEast United
 Report
Attendance: 300
Referee: Santosh Kumar

Semi-finals
Chennai City0–3Goa
Report
Attendance: 250
Referee: Santosh Kumar
Chennaiyin2–0ATK
 Report
Attendance: 700
Referee: Rahul Kumar Gupta

Final
Main article: 2019 Indian Super Cup Final
Goa2–1Chennaiyin
 Report
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Ajit Meetei

Top scorers
As of 13 April 2019
Rank Player Club Goals[4]
1 Spain Coro Goa 5
2 India Balwant Singh ATK 4
Spain Pedro Manzi Chennai City
4 India Brandon Fernandes Goa 3
5 India Anirudh Thapa Chennaiyin 2
India C.K. Vineeth Chennaiyin
Spain Manuel Lanzarote ATK
India Amarjit Singh Kiyam[lower-alpha 1] Indian Arrows
9 20 players 1
  1. Goals in qualification round

Notes
  1. Teams listed based on final position in either I-League or Indian Super League.
  2. Teams listed based on final position in either I-League or Indian Super League.

References
  1. Nisanth V Easwar (5 February 2019). "Super Cup 2019 to start on March 15 in Bhubaneshwar". Goal. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
  2. "Super Cup 2019: Qualifiers being on 15 March, final in Bhubaneshwar on 13 April".
  3. "Super Cup: Minerva Punjab miss pre-match conference, meeting; AIFF terms it 'blatant disregard'". 14 March 2019.
  4. "Hero Super Cup". the-aiff.com. Archived from the original on 20 December 2019.
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